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WEIGHT HANGER [2 records]

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Record 1 2008-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Grain Growing
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

[A] counterpoise weight with rigid, hooked stem, designed to be hung from the tip pivot of a weighbeam and to receive slotted counterpoise weights as required.

OBS

hanger weight : Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Culture des céréales
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Contrepoids à tige rigide recourbée destiné à être suspendu au pivot de force d'équilibre d'un fléau et à recevoir les contrepoids à fente, le cas échéant.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
DEF

A mass of masonry in soft ground, or a fixing deep into rock, on the land side of a suspension bridge tower, to hold the ends of the suspension cables.

CONT

... the main support members of a suspension bridge are parallel cables composed of thousands of individual strands of wire.... The deck(roadway) is supported by hanger cables that are hung from the main cables. Most of the weight of the bridge is thus transferred to the cable anchors at either end of the bridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
CONT

Dans un pont suspendu, le poids (...) est transformé en une poussée verticale exercée par les portiques (...) et en une tension des haubans (...) Les fondations des pylônes (...) sont soumises à des efforts de compression, alors que les ancrages des câbles (...) sont sollicités par des tensions.

CONT

Ponts suspendus (...) Dans ces ouvrages, les organes porteurs sont des câbles qui reportent les charges et surcharges du tablier, d'une part aux pylônes intermédiaires et, d'autre part, à des massifs d'ancrage dans lesquels ils sont ancrés (...)

Spanish

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